Wellness & Growth

5 Small Changes To Make To Improve Your Mood and Help You Spring Out of a Rut

What better time to create new habits than in springtime?

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Wellness & Growth

When to Let Go of People and Move On: Consider These Five Things Before Ending a Relationship

What do you do with someone who does not apologize or even recognize that they have harmed you? I’ve struggled with this most of my life. Do you walk away temporarily until you get your bearings and figure out what happened? Do you forgive and forget and go on as if nothing happened? Or, do…

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Wellness & Growth

9 Undeniable Behaviors of Toxic Friends and How to Spot Them

Humans are social beings. Ideally, we want authentic, trustworthy, and honest friendships. We want a friend who will pick up our groceries if we are sick, one who listens without judgment, or one who comforts us when our sibling dies. We want someone who is easy-going and will laugh with us and not at us,…

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Book Reviews

The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout, a Book Review

“The man who knows how to split the atom but has no love in his heart becomes a monster.” – Krishnamutri It is estimated that one to four percent of people are sociopaths and lack a conscience. Some estimates are as high as five percent. This means one to five people out of 100 are…

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Life & Inspiration

60 Things I learned in My 60 Years of Life, Part II: Off the Wall Advice, and Grab a Beer While Reading

At my age, I want to share what I know. I am not sure why. Maybe it’s because I understand life is short, unpredictable, and full of ups and downs. And I want young people not to experience what I did or make the mistakes I made. Earlier this summer, I wrote an original list…

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Life & Inspiration

60 Things I’ve Learned in My 60 Years of Life: Nuggets of Wisdom from an Old Broad

I don’t usually write listicles, but sometimes you have to break your own writing rules, right? These are short nuggets of wisdom, but I believe good advice from a sixty-year-old, eclectic, hippie-ish, unapologetic thinker who has experienced a full life, from the depths to the highs. Learn more about me here, if you’d like. In…

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Life & Inspiration

Loss Happens to All of Us: But, There is a Way to Renew

“We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world — the company of those who have known suffering.” — Helen Keller On the evening of Oct 2nd, 2020, I received the dreaded phone call. He had died. He died in the middle of kidney dialysis. They said he experienced cardiac arrest, a heart…

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